User talk:Philg88/Archive 6

This is an archive of past discussions about User:Philg88. Do not edit the contents of this page. If you wish to start a new discussion or revive an old one, please do so on the current talk page.

Archive 1

←

Archive 4

→

Lindenwood University Copyedit

Thanks for your much needed copyedit of Lindenwood University and fast response to copyedit an article with a GAN. Also is there a program to help with copyediting or just really taking some time and just methodically combing the article. Cheers, Bhockey10 (talk) 00:16, 9 March 2011 (UTC)

You are most welcome. There are some exercises you can do to improve your copyediting skills (Have a look here), but as far as I know there are no tools aside from grammar checkers (which aren't always right anyway) to improve copyediting skills. It's a question of experience and the more editing you do the better you will become at it. Best, ► Philg88 ◄ ^talk 01:18, Wednesday March 9, 2011 (UTC)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Please stay calm and civil while commenting or presenting evidence, and do not make personal attacks. Be patient when approaching solutions to any issues. If consensus is not reached, other solutions exist to draw attention and ensure that more editors mediate or comment on the dispute.

Η936631 (talk) 07:44, 9 March 2011 (UTC)

The WP:VANDALISM warning I gave on your talk page is neither a personal attack nor vandalism. Your edit to the Franklin D. Roosevelt page was not constructive. Please familiarise yourself with how Wikipedia works before throwing around warnings about civility. ► Philg88 ◄ ^talk 07:56, Wednesday March 9, 2011 (UTC)

While removing image display information on an image that is no longer present in the article is not technically constructive, it was not destructive. Calling such a thing vandalism per your edit summary, however, was uncivil. Also, adding useless information back into the article was not constructive, either.
Η936631 (talk) 08:02, 9 March 2011 (UTC)

Neither is this discussion. Move on. ► Philg88 ◄ ^talk 07:56, Wednesday March 9, 2011 (UTC)

This was your doing, so do not dismiss me because you can not defend your actions. Retract the vandalism statement.
Η936631 (talk) 08:23, 9 March 2011 (UTC)

Hello, Philg88. This message is being sent to inform you that there currently is a discussion at Wikipedia:Wikiquette alerts regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Michaelzeng7 (talk • contribs) 00:55, 10 March 2011 (UTC)

Hello, as in H936631's edit summary, he did provide an excuse for undoing, vandalism. However, Philg88, his edit may as well be nonconstructive, but is not necessarily vandalism. Things such as page-blanking is considered vandalism, not an nonconstructive tag change. --Michaelzeng7 (talk) 00:59, 10 March 2011 (UTC)

A nonconstructive edit is not necessarily vandalism. --Michaelzeng7 (talk) 01:00, 10 March 2011 (UTC)

Hi, the issue is now resolved. See the relevant section at Wikipedia:Wikiquette alerts. ► Philg88 ◄ ^talk 01:03, Thursday March 10, 2011 (UTC) 01:03, 10 March 2011 (UTC)

Juha Vainio

Thanks a lot for your copyedits to Juha Vainio, which helped the article to attain Good Article status. Much appreciated! Jafeluv (talk) 18:49, 9 March 2011 (UTC)

No problem. If you have similar requirements in the future feel free to drop me a message. ► Philg88 ◄ ^talk 21:37, Wednesday March 9, 2011 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 59.50.199.141 (talk) 21:37, 9 March 2011 (UTC)

Speedy deletion contested: Patemm

Hello Philg88, and thanks for patrolling new pages! I am just letting you know that I contested the speedy deletion of Patemm, a page you tagged for speedy deletion, because of the following concern: Not unambiguously promotional. You may wish to review the Criteria for Speedy Deletion before tagging further pages. Thank you. Logan _Talk ^{Contributions} 15:13, 11 March 2011 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Taiji Cave

Hello! Your submission of Taiji Cave at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Thelmadatter (talk) 19:59, 11 March 2011 (UTC)

re

Hello. You have a new message at Swarm's talk page. Swarm ^X 00:15, 13 March 2011 (UTC)

Economy of Iran

Hi Philg88,

Thanks for your time. I don't have any missiles yet but you are giving me good ideas :) SSZ (talk) 19:49, 13 March 2011 (UTC)

I tried to fix the remaing glitches to the best of my ability. I let you see if it is up to FA standards now (i personally think it is). Best regards,

Looks good to me too. Unfortunately, as a "concerned editor" I cannot do the FA review but I wish you the best of luck with it. ► Philg88 ◄ ^talk 20:51, 24 March 2011 (UTC)

I have just nominated economy of Iran. I hope you can still keep an eye on it while it is being reviewed.. Thank you. SSZ (talk) 22:06, 27 March 2011 (UTC)

My pleasure. ► Philg88 ◄ ^talk 22:14, 27 March 2011 (UTC)

Willow

Hello. I'm so sure I've seen this exact tree with a metal thingy on it with this exact name: Salix hainanica/Hainan willow. Does it ring a bell? I am on the hunt for a photo! Cheers. Anna Frodesiak (talk) 12:42, 17 March 2011 (UTC)

Hmm, the only such metal thingy I recall is on the Antiaris toxicaria tree in the Tropical Wildlife Park. Maybe you saw it in Evergreen Park or suchlike?? ► Philg88 ◄ ^talk 07:43, 18 March 2011 (UTC)

Maybe. I'll keep my eyes peeled. Thanks. 08:59, 18 March 2011 (UTC)

A small Chinese error

I noticed that in this edit, where you inserted "南山镇，龙口", you had assumed that in Chinese, there is a "zoom-out" order when listing the full address of a place (i.e. country comes last). I am rather shocked that you, after living for a while in Haikou, would make such an error... in Chinese places are specified in increasing order of precision, just as dates are. --HXL's Roundtable and Record 21:32, 18 March 2011 (UTC)

In this case all I did was to add the Chinese characters for the extant text. Naturally, I'm familiar with Chinese address order otherwise my mail would never get here :) Best ► Philg88 ◄ ^talk 22:22, 18 March 2011 (UTC)

Little pressie

Hi

As requested, take your pick lol :¬) I just finished a 4 hour copyedit so know how you feel...

I haven't archived it as it was an IP request. Chaosdruid (talk) 10:39, 20 March 2011 (UTC)

Why thank you. Locked and loaded :). ► Philg88 ◄ ^talk 11:03, 20 March 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Taiji Cave

On 21 March 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Taiji Cave, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that at 5.4 kilometres (3.4 mi) long, the Taiji Cave in Anhui Province is the largest karst cave in East China? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

The DYK project (nominate) 00:04, 21 March 2011 (UTC)

Talkback

Hello, Philg88. You have new messages at Veriss1's talk page.
Message added 07:33, 21 March 2011 (UTC). You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.

My recent Edit on Qing Dynasty

I was Pretty Sure of the date i checked it With numerous Social Studies Teachers that expert in Thar Area Of time. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Awsomeac (talk • contribs) 08:47, 23 March 2011 (UTC)

I left a reply on your talk page ► Philg88 ◄ ^talk 20:25, 24 March 2011 (UTC)

Thx

Just to thank you for finding errors in Ante Pavelić article. I'm working on a promotion of this article, so any critis is good. I'll correct all this soon, I hope before April 10 when article will apear on Main Page.

Regards, --Wusten fuchs 19:54, 25 March 2011 (UTC)

You're welcome, It wasn't the easiest copyedit I've ever done but I really enjoyed it. Best, ► Philg88 ◄ ^talk 20:59, 25 March 2011 (UTC)

RAF Uxbridge

Very impressed with your cleanup and wordsmithing at the Uxbridge article. Just curious why the section on the Observer Corps was lost and the Observer Corps entry is now recorded under Royal Air Force, which is a separate organisation? What was the thinking there? 21st CENTURY GREENSTUFF 00:17, 28 March 2011 (UTC)

Thanks. Not sure what you mean about the Observer Corps section - there wasn't one when I started the copyedit. I try never to interfere with content, only to clarify and improve the prose. I think that the ROC stuff must have been removed before I started. Best, ► Philg88 ◄ ^talk 00:40, 28 March 2011 (UTC)

Oh yes it was your predecessor editor ... see [1]. Would it be OK to put it back during your process? 21st CENTURY GREENSTUFF 00:56, 28 March 2011 (UTC)

No problem. Give me a shout when you've reinstated it and I'll give the text the once over. ► Philg88 ◄ ^talk 01:11, 28 March 2011 (UTC)

Done. 21st CENTURY GREENSTUFF 01:27, 28 March 2011 (UTC)

Couple of minor copyedits done. Should be now resubmitted for GA review I believe. ► Philg88 ◄ ^talk 01:35, 28 March 2011 (UTC)

2010 Copiapó mining accident

Sorry, I didn't see your tag there. I'll make sure to check next time. Thanks for the work! Messelink (talk) 08:49, 29 March 2011 (UTC)

No problem, it happens a lot :) Thank you for your courtesy. ► Philg88 ◄ ^talk 12:04, 29 March 2011 (UTC)